The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-09-13
EXPOSITION NOTES.
The Great Attractions to be Seen
at the Coming Piedmont Fair.
A CHANCE TO SEE THE WONDERFUL.

Now You have the chance Of your life to take
trip and see a world OF sights at least cost and
in least time. 1t is TO go to the Piedmont ex-
position, which opens in Atlanta October 10,
closing October %. What will you see there?
l. An exposition covering eight acres of
solid exhibits of every article from candy
stick to steam engine-the latest wonders of
science in every department. A day in these
buildings is a liberal education.
2. A building devoted to cattle, 600 feet by
100; building devoted to poultry, 200 by 200;
300 stables for horses; swine, goats, sheep,
etc, in abundance.
3. Tie collective county exhibits of dozen
counties, showing the resources Of each county
In agricultural and industrial products, ladies'
| handlWork, live stock and everything raised in
| the county.
4. The richest epitome Of the south's riches
ever shown in collective exhibits from the citi-
| les of Birmingham, Admission. Decatur, Tusca-
| loosa, Gadsden, Rome and Tallapoosa. The
| Richmond and Danville railroad, the Marietta
and North Georgia railroad, the East Tennes-
see road and the Florida Southern road. Each
of these collective exhibits will cost thousands
OF dollars, and you will see the grandest show
! OF southern riches ever made
&. An art gallery with 400 pictures from the
best living artists and twenty paintings from
with Vanderbilt's. One of these pictures cost
$4,000 Gorty thousand dollars) and the TWEEN
| ty cost over quarter of million dollars.
6. President Cleveland and his wile--Presi-
! dent Cleveland will make a speech one day
| watch the sham battle and review the troops
next day, and he and his wife will be ready to
shake hands with you all the time. Don't
miss or let your children miss seeing the first
! democratic president ever south and his beau
tiful and clever wife. They win always re-
member having shaken hands with these
| great people.
| Z. A magnificent sham battle covering IS
acres with four batteries of artillery, ten COM
panies of cavalry and 5000 infantry. The
president and his wife will watch the battle
which lasts two hours, and he will then review
the troops and hold public reception.
8. A torchlight procession with 10000 young
| democrats i'll line, the city Illuminated, and
the very skies lit with the splendor of the
scene. This viii be the sight of lifetime.
8. The grandest firewOrk displays ever given
in America. One feature will be a living wall
of fire 40 feet long, 40 feet high, roaring and
sparkling like Neagara. These displays will
last two hours. You have never dreamed of
| anything so gorgeous. The pictures of PreSi-
| dent and Mrs, Cleveland will be shown in fire
in mid air, surrounded by thousands of rock
| cts.
10. The illumination of Kennesaw noun
tain. The whole mountain stands out like
picture in red light, cannon boom on its side,
and 5000 rockets are fred by electric match
from it's center. Pictures Of General johnson
and General Sherman win be displayed in fire
against the skies. Such spectacle as this
illuminated mountain has never been seen.
| II. Bicycle races, on which man can beat
horses running. Balloon ascensions in which
you can go 1000 feet up in q balloon and be
landed back safely.
u. Horse races every day bringing horses
from all sections of the country.
II. Governor Fitzhugh Lee, Of Virginia
Governor Richardson, OF South Carolina; Gov
ernor Bob Taylor, of Tennessee Governor
| Seay, of Alabama; Governor Perry, Of Flori-
da Governor Gordon, of Georgia; each with
his military staff of forty mounted men.
A. The city of Atlanta tho best city in the
south, and the building in which we make and
| print THE CONSTITUTION, the best paper in
the country, and shake hands with the men
| and women who make it.
! Is. A vast number Of amusementsands sights
| which we cannot enumerate. Everything
| from the old fashioned circus to a flying jenny.
! A solid two weeks Of instruction and amuse-
| ment.
NOW all IutS VIII give you enough Sights 10
| talk about for ycars-will be an education to
yourself and children and will show you more
in three or four days than you could. get by
travelling four or five months. Now, what
| does it cost?
| First, the railroad fare is lower than ever
before. From no point it is more than one
I third the regular rate. 1t is one cent mile
! each way, and from some points even less than
| that. If your railroad station is hundred and
| fifty miles fro@ Atlanta the fare cannot be
| more than three dollars for the round trip and
may be less.
2. 1t costs you only fifty cents to see every
! thing ON the exposition ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| cents for children. This includes seeing the
fireworks, the balloon ascensions, the sham
! battle, hearing the president speak, shaking
! hands with him, the races, and everything on
! the grounds You can stay on the grounds all
| day long, if You want to, even until 10
o'clock at night, when the fire works viii be
closed. IL costs you only fifty cents for the
day and night and your children twenty-five
cents
3. There win be sandwich stands and res
taurants all over the grounds. At no place
can you be charged more than fifty cents a
meal, while sandwiches with milk and coffee
can be had from ten to twenty-five cents. You
can get breakfast, dinner and supper on the
| grounds, and in no cases be charged more than
fifty cents a meal If you bring your own pro-
visions you viii find plenty of places in which
to spread them out, picnic fashion, and eat
without any cost There are public buildings
for public comforts free to everybody.
4. The exposition has engaged a large mum
Der of rooms in the city in which five OF six
or seven cots are placed. The charge for n
nights bed at these places win not exceed fifty
cents night. by making up party of six
or eight you can take all the cots in a room at
fifty cents piece, and each cot will take a
grown person and a child.
8. The exposition committee has canvassed
the city thoroughly and has list Of boarding
! houses, and private houses, where strangers
can be accommodated, with the price at each
house. These prices are low, except at the
most expensive hotels, where they run up to
from three to five dollars a DAY for each person.
6. If visitors desire to camp out, they will
find a number Of places where they can be pro-
! tected without any charge.
in short it has been the aim Of the committee
! to make this a cheap exposition, 80 that all the
! people could come. They have guarded every
| where against extortion. They have got the
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